The Rawls lab is happy to welcome Maggie Morash a new M.D./Ph.D. student in Duke’s Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Program.

Dr. Rawls was among 65 new fellows elected to the American Academy of Microbiology, an honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology. Fellows are elected annually through a highly selective peer-review process, based… John Rawls is elected to the American Academy of Microbiology

Lihua Ye, a postdoctoral fellow dually mentored by John Rawls and Rodger Liddle, used in vivo imaging in zebrafish to discover a new molecular pathway by which enteroendocrine cells regulate enteric and vagal neuronal pathways… Postdoctoral fellow Lihua Ye publishes article in Cell Host & Microbe

The goal of the Gilliam Fellowship Program is to increase the diversity among scientists who are prepared to assume leadership roles in science. This award will support Bri’s professional and leadership development, as well as her… Graduate student, Briana Davis, is awarded a HHMI Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study

The Rawls lab is happy to welcome Dr. Matthew Tillman, a new postdoctoral fellow. Matt recently completed his Ph.D. in Molecular and Systems Pharmacology at Emory University with Dr. Eric Ortlund.

This award will support her research on microbiota-sensitive transcriptional programs that maintain intestinal homeostasis. Congratulations, Cece!

John Rawls and Lawrence David representing the Duke Microbiome Center (DMC) were among the coauthors of a new article in Nature Microbiology that explains the proliferation of microbiome centers at many institutions, as well as their… New article describes emergence of microbiome centers

Lihua Ye, a postdoctoral fellow dually mentored by John Rawls and Rodger Liddle, used in vivo imaging in zebrafish to reveal that sensory enteroendocrine cells in the intestine undergo a novel microbiota-dependent adaptation following consumption… Postdoctoral fellow Lihua Ye publishes article in eLife